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Registry No.
HKK 14/8
DRAFT
LETTER
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
To:-
Gerald De Basto QC
Chairman
Hong Kong Bar Association 704 Prince's Building HONG KONG
Type 1 +
From
Secretary of State
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
(To & Wanon Med
the
through Governor)
个
I am grateful to you, as Chairman of the Hong Kong
Bar Association, and to the immediate past Chairman,
Mr Litton, and the President of the Law Society of
Hong Kong, Mr McElney, for writing to me about the
appointment of the Chief Justice of Hong Kong.
I have taken careful note of what you say. Your
letter is a valuable testimonial to the work of the
present Chief Justice over the past years.
Letter despatched by
Nate Secretary's Dep
2 FEB 1973
In considering what advice to lay before Her Majesty
The Queen I must of course bear in mind both the
personalities concerned and also the reasons under-
lying the present rule concerning retiring age.
[Type for signature]
M
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